Criticism

Critics on the left have argued that Weinstein's books Perjury and The Haunted Wood (both arguing Alger Hiss was a Soviet spy) have severe problems. Interviewees quoted in Perjury claimed they were badly misquoted, and Weinstein refuses to let other scholars review the interviews he conducted for Perjury, which violated the ethical rules of the American Historical Association. His Haunted Wood co-author argues that some of the documents he claims to quote do not say what he says they do.